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What is SAP Cloud Platform?

SAP Cloud Platform is SAP's open platform as a service for developing modern cloud business apps. With comprehensive services and capabilities, SAP Cloud Platform is depended upon by the world's best developers to quickly build, extend and integrate business apps in the cloud.

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Some main capabilities are listed below. The full list of services available on SAP Cloud Platform are listed here.

Choice of runtimes

Build and run custom Java EE applications, SAP HANA XSJS and HTML5/JavaScript based apps in the cloud. Utilize cloud-based or client side development environments to implement your custom business logic.

UI Development

Build complex, feature-rich applications using SAPUI5 or the open-source version OpenUI5 with over 200 controls for data-binding, data models, MVC, automatic loading of i18n resources and much more.

Hybrid and native mobile apps

Build and deploy hybrid apps with Apache Cordova along with Kapsel (SAP plugins) and any other Cordova plugins. Additionally, deploy and manage native iOS, Android and Windows applications.

Secure on-premise connectivity

The cloud connector establishes a reverse-proxy secure connection between an on-premise network and SAP Cloud Platform. You have fine grained control over the resources that are exposed, and which cloud-based apps have access to them.

API management

Build, test and deploy APIs to securely expose data and processes. Utilize a single UI to analyze usage metrics, errors, latency, and performance of your APIs.

SAP Cloud Platform services

Perform predictive analytics capable of revealing hidden insights within your datasets in SAP HANA database through a collection of RESTful web services which are ready to be integrated in the cloud application you are developing.

Enables and mobilizes business content from 3rd party (for example, MS Sharepoint) or SAP Business Suite. Integrate file sharing functionality in your applications. Implement own clients for advanced scenarios and extend ABAP connectivity to support your business processes. For further information, please see the Read Me.

Easily create enterprise-grade business sites for mobile use - to engage customers, partners and employees.

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The developer edition is a free, perpetual license for you to use for evaluation and development purposes. In addition to SAP HANA and the comprehensive set of platform services, you’ll also find our newest BETA features. Try it now!